Flip seated the three younglings in the front row, right under the stage. She waved goodbye at them before running backstage.
"I wonder what kind of show this is gonna be." Dion asked.
"Well whatever it is I know that I'll be so impressed by the visuals!" Ariel exclaimed.
"How do you figure—oh." Orion replied.
Ariel smirked and folded her servos together before putting them behind her helm.
The theatre buzzed with quiet talking before the lights dimmed and the curtains began to open.
From the sides of the stage came several mechs and femme all dressed in elaborate costumes and decorated with jewels. Some held long ribbons and twirled and flipped around the stage, the ribbons following them in long and graceful lines.
The four younglings saw Flip was one of them.
She held a dark purple ribbon and sent it flying beautifully in all directions.
The younglings watched happily. It was actually very entertaining. Some even played musical instruments and danced side by side with the people holding the ribbons.
Orion felt his pedes tapping along with the rhythm of the music. It was fast paced and erratic but graceful and enjoyable at the same time. He looked over and saw even Ariel was moving herself to the music. Who needed visuals to enjoy the show?
The show went on for several more minutes before the songs slowed down to a more waltz like dance.
The ribbons were now being twirled around slower. The dancers were no longer flipping or jumping. They were now performing slower, simpler movements. They were spinning and running along the stage.
This went on a bit longer than the faster paced dancing. It continued on and everything was peaceful.
BOOM!
An explosion came from one side of the stage.
The performers screamed as they were thrown around by the force of the blast.
"What happened?" Chromia demanded when the fires died out.
"An explosion. Where were you?" Dion answered sarcastically.
Chromia glared at him. Dion raised his servos defiantly.
"Sorry sorry. I'm trying to be funny. It's what i do remember?" Dion said.
"The people on the stage!" Orion interrupted. "Are they okay? Where'd they go?"
"I think they're passed out on the stage!" Ariel shouted.
"We have to help them!" Orion exclaimed as he ran towards the stage.
Orion lifted himself up onto the stage and ran through the flames looking for the performers. then he was unceremoniously picked up from the stage by a large servo.
He was brought up to his captor's face plates and it was one of the mechs that had attacked them in the ghost town. Specifically the one that Orion had jumped and rode on.
"Hey kid. Remember me?" The mech spoke.
"You? Uh...no?" Orion replied.
The mech growled. "You little fragger."
"Hey! You watch your glossa! There are kids in the audience!" Chromia exclaimed as she ran up to the mech with her tonfa blasters. She dodged his fist as he tried to swat her away and shot his hand. He roared as he dropped Orion.
"Slagging brats won't get away this time!" He yelled and he pointed at his comrades. "The boss wants them alive but never said that we can't rough them up a bit!"
"Again! What kind of psycho sends assassins after a bunch of kids?" Chromia demanded.
"We are not assassins." One mech said defiantly. "Consider yourselves lucky that our Lord did not send his assassins after you kids. You'd already be dead."
"Is that so? I'd love to meet them then." Ariel challenged.
The tall mech growled at her and all the mechs charged at them.
One mech threw his arm at Ariel, who jumped onto his hand and ran up his arm. She ran al the way up to his face. She then jumped up and kicked his faceplates hard, causing him to stumble away from her ungracefully while she flipped in mid air and landed perfectly.
Two mechs went after Chromia and Dion. One shot at them but the siblings easily dodged the shot. Chromia then shot back and stunned the two mechs while Dion jumped up and jabbed at their optics with his staff.
Orion was faced one on one with the mech he jumped on in their previous encounter.
"I'm making sure you don't surprise me again kid." He said.
Orion shuffled his pedes nervously. "Uh huh. Well, I'm happy that you're learning from your mistakes."
The mech roared and charged at Orion. Orion moved from one pede to another until the mech came close to him and he jumped out of the way at the last moment.
The mech went barreling face first into a nearby wall. He groaned and then slid down onto the floor.
Orion couldn't help crack a grin. "How was that for surprising?"
Then he yelled and ducked when another mech from across the stage began shooting at him.
Orion leaped away from the shots and took cover behind a metal stage prop.
"Guys? Can I get some help over here when you're free?" Orion shouted.
"On it Orion!" Ariel replied as she gave her current opponent one last kick before using his head as a platform to jump from and she launched herself over to the mech shooting Orion.
She landed on his leg and brought out her fans and buried them deep into his leg.
The mech howled in pain as he faltered to the ground and clutched his bleeding leg, while Ariel removed her fans and slid down the mech.
Chromia and Dion finished off their opponents side by side when they swung their weapons at the two tall mechs and knocked them out.
The younglings gathered together and rested for a bit before they heard sirens outside of the stage.
"I think we'd better get going." Dion said.
"What about the performers?" Orion asked. He looked around and saw that most of them were beginning to come too.
"The authorities will get them medics, I'm sure of it. Now we've gotta get outta here before the authorities see us!" Dion replied quickly as he took off and the other younglings followed suit.
"So you were right. They are pretty good, but I still say that they're just kids." The Elite member said.
"Yes, however those kids hold the key to finding the tools needed to grant us the power to rule over all of Cybertron." Their leader replied. "But you're still right. They are children and we have to handle this gently."
"So what do we do now?" The other Elite member asked.
"We stick to the plan. We follow them and be patient until our fourth member can be utilized."
The Elite again? Who are they?
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